Sugar

Yeah I know... the cat again!  But she's so sweet, and is part of our family... and lets me take photos LOL!  

I created my own flowers again, these using my English Rose technique but using the Rose Creations Die... they are so so pretty!  I am loving having my flowers match the papers I use perfectly!  The smaller flowers have used less paper layers, and I have mixed patterned papers and cardstock for these ones.

The Dusty Attic Baroque Frame was just perfect for this, it was painted with a cream coloured paint and then spritz with smooch spritz, glittered here and there and then covered with crackle accents.

A sweet butterfly, some Green Tara flowers and little resin flowers from Handmade Halo finishes it all off just right!

Thanks for visiting, take care and

Products used:

Patterned Paper:

Kaiser - These Days - Reunion

Kaiser - These Days - Family

Kaiser - These Days - Paper Pad

Kaiser - Sweet Nothings - Paper Pad

My Minds Eye - Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing

Amercian Crafts Cardstock - Kraft

Chipboard:

Dusty Attic Baroque Frame Set - Circle

Flowers:

Green Tara - Roses

Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms

Prima {Assorted}

Ink:

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx - Jasmine

Colour:

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - TeaParty

Medium:

Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Unbleached Titanium

Inkssentials Crackle Accents

Glitter:

Clearsnap Fairy Dust Glitter - Sugar Shimmer

Dies:

Spellbinders - Rose Creations

Tools/Machines:

Spellbinders - Grand Calibur

Distress Tools

Other:

American Crafts Thickers

Carolee's Alpha Stickers - Burlap Rust

Kaiser Sweet Nothings Sticker Sheet

Kays Kreative Butterfly

Handmade Halo Resin Flowers

Websters Sparklers

Pink Paislee Pebbles

Crochet Trim

DMC Thread

Adhesives:

Clearsnap Glue Gloss

Helmar Tiger Grip

2/S Tape

CSI - Case Study #4

Week 4 of the CSI Challenges, and the last for us Dusty Girls as sponsors... but it won't be the last for me, I loved playing along and will continue to challenge myself with them!

This weeks palette was ME, love love love these colours!

Here is my layout... our little kitty cat again!  

The lovely Dusty Attic Vine Swirl was just the piece for this LO, long and elegant!  I've painted this one with a creamy toned paint and then sprayed them with Smooch Spritz and dried them off, once dried it was touched with crackle accents.  The crackle seals the colours in, and if spread very thinly dries with the finest little cracks, love it!!

Pretty flowers... I don't have very many Prima ones left anymore {because I have the most wonderful selection of Green Tara ones, so I'm a bit spoiled flower wise}, but I love that I had just the perfect colour in my stash!   

Do you like those Calla Lillies from Green Tara, aren't they sweet!?  It's refreshing to have something a bit different and the shape was just what i needed for this little cluster.

Mmmm I haven't used German Scrap for ages, I found this piece below when I had my big clean out, such a gorgeous shape!

Thanks for visiting, take care and



Chipboard:
Dusty Attic Swirl Vine #2

Flowers:
Green Tara Calla Lillies - Ivory with Brown Stamens
Green Tara Maple Leaves
Assorted Prima Flowers
Kaiser Blooms

Paper:
Core'dinations Cardstock
Prima Printery
BoBunny Enchanted
Fancy Pants Oct 31st

Other:
BoBunny Enchanted Noteworthy
German Scrap
American Crafts Thickers
Kay's Kreative Butterflies
Melissa Frances Vintage Resin
Kaiser Rhinestones
K&Co Brads
Maya Road Pins
Trinkets from Tomorrow's Memories



Tools:
Ingvild Bolme Distress Tool by Prima
Artisan Template
Martha Stewart Punch - Cherish


Mediums:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White
Clearsnap Smooch Spritz - River Mossy {for Donna Salazar} & Ice Rink
Inkssentials Crackle Accents

Exquisite - Creative Scrappers #192

Today is Australia Day, a day to celebrate being fabulously Australian... due to the 42 C heat, we chose to stay indoors! Kel played on the computer {when he eventually woke up}, Darren and I watched Series 1 of The Walking Dead and then I scrapped!!  

I've been having fun with the CSI challenges and decided to have a go at a sketch challenge, I haven't done one for ages!  My beautiful friend Natasha is on the team at Creative Scrappers, I had seen this sketch come through on her blog feed, so thought I'd play along with it, and then Natasha challenges me to use 'yellow and cream and kraft', thinking she was being smart - turns out it was just right!

So here's the latest CS Sketch, pretty cool don't you think!

And here is my creation...

I used some left over Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom, the Scroll Border #2 and "Exquisite" from Mini Words #3.  

The Scroll Border #2 was very simply touched with ink on the edges to add an iddy bit of contrast.  

The Cherry Blossom and "Exquisite" were first dabbed with white acrylic paint and while still wet sprayed with Smooch Spritz in Candle Glow and Wood Stain, then covered lightly with crackle accents and dusted with Fairy Dust Glitter in Pralines and Cream.

Lovely Green Tara Roses... and I've also used some crinkled satin edged organza trim popped in under the Dusty Scroll.

The large flowers were handmade using Spellbinders Rose Creation Die by Donna Salazar.  I have used Donna Salazar's Crafty Chronicle and some Green Tara Banana Fibre papers for the flower layers.  

Crafty Chronicle is awesome for flowers, especially my smooshed paper ones as the paper is thinner than usual patterned paper, so it scrunches {aka smooshes} up easily.   And my new favourite 'go to' product, the Banana Fibre paper, cuts easily in the Spellbinders die and creates such gorgeous soft texture, I am LOVING these papers... do you remember having a stash of them years ago, I know I did and ditched them, I'm kicking myself now as they are just so versatile, especially if you are a texture lover like myself!

I've popped in some Websters Pages Sparklers, Postcards and Diecut Sheets, and used some of Kay's beautiful butterflies {check out her Etsy store HERE, soooo nice}, she always has just the right colours, I so love her butterflies.

Thanks for visiting, take care and
 


Products used:

Dusty Attic Cherry Blossom

Dusty Attic Scroll Border #2
Dusty Attic Mini Words #3
Green Tara Banana Fibre Paper

Green Tara 3cm Roses
Green Tara 2cm Roses
Green Tara 1.5cm Roses
Green Tara 38mm Crinkle Satin Edged Organza

BoBunny Et Cetera Patterned Papers
7 Gypsies Patterned Paper
Authentique Word Stickers

Websters Pages Postcards, Diecut Sheets & Sparklers
Glitz Design Diecut Card
Pink Paislee Acrylic Element
Pink Paislee Mist.a.ble Journal Card
K&Co "Clearly Yours" Epoxy
Kay's Kreative Butterflies
Crocheted Trim
DMC Thread


Mediums used:
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint {Titanium White}

Clearsnap Smooch Spritz {Candle Glow & Wood Stain}
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar {Pralines and Cream}
Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink {Olive Vine & Dark Bark}



Tools used:
Spellbinders Rose Creations Die by Donna Salazar
Distress Tool

[Sweet as] Sugar

Our bubby girl... well Kellan's bubby girl, but we all adore her! 

I have created this for Green Tara... all the trims and flowers and even some paper on here are from Greet Tara, lots of wonderful natural coloured tones, perfect for our Sugar!!

  Some delicate fringed ribbon meandering across the page... banana leaf paper was scrunched up and placed under the photo matt to create a soft layer...

a cluster of Green Tara Roses, one of the 1cm ones was sprayed with SmoochSpritz to change the colour...

 

the Coloured Jute Ribbon ties into a bow beautifully, soft enough to get just the right shape, but firm enough to hold its shape once there...

the centre flower above was made from 5 of the white petals, sprayed with water, touched with stains and then scrunched up, unraveled and the layers glued together to form a full flower...

the fabulous Dusty Attic Fish Net Panel was trimmed to sit under the photo matt, helping frame the photo and add interest...

my new Dusty Attic favourite... the grass border #1, was painted with white paint, sprayed with SmoochSpritz and dabbed while still all wet, finally touched with crackle accents... one of Kay's Kreative butterflies finishes it beautifully.

Green Tara Products used:
15mm Gingham Frill - Light Brown/White RB317LBW
15mm Fringe Ribbon - Cream RB1575C
25mm Coloured Jute - Ivory RB407Iv
35mm Lace Ribbon - Cream RB6740C35
Banana Fibre Paper - Natural 1212BNat
Rubber Tree Leaves - Natural RT1510
2cm Rose - Brown FDR009Br
2cm Rose - White FDR006Wh
2cm Rose - Ivory FDR006Iv
1cm Rose - White FDR001Wh
Cherry Blossoms - Cream FLC22C
Cherry Blossoms - White FLC22Wh
5.5cm Petals - White PFLP12

Other Products:
Dusty Attic Grass Border #1
Dusty Attic Fish Net Panel
Kaiser Sweet Nothings PP
Kaiser Resin Flower
AC Thickers
Zutter Corrugated Card
Kays Kreative Butterflies
Muslin/Gauze
Bazzil Cardstock
Hemp Thread

Mediums Used:
Colorbox Mix'd Media Inx by Donna Salazar - White
Clearsnap Smooch Spritz by Donna Salazar - Caramel Latte, Green Olive
Inkssentials Crackle Accents
Jo Sonya Titanium White Acrylic Paint



Thanks for visiting, take care and

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CSI Case Study #2

Here is our scene from CSI this week... such bright fresh colours!

and my layout... which I have to admit having fun with.  Not my usual colours, but that's the point of the challenge... to push, to grow!   I love the happiness these colours portrayed.

and some yummy details...

a sheer butterfly from Kay's Kreative flittering around the flowers...

Dusty Attic gates and fence... simply treated with white paint, Tim Holtz Stains and Fairy Dust Glitter

Green Tara Flowers, Kaiser Resin, Prima Resin Birdhouse and yummy hand made flowers using Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom PP and Donna Salazar's Rose Creations Die

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 another flittering butterfly... and a yummy hand crocheted doily from Michelle.

Products used:
Dusty Attic Wrought Iron Fence Border
Dusty Attic Ornate Gates, Mini
Green Tara 6.5cm Aster Batik - Sunset FDS029BatSS4
Greet  Tara 4cm Aster Batik - Sunset FDS026BatSS4
Green Tara 2cm Roses - White FDR006Wh
Green Tara 1cm Roses - White FDR001Wh
GCD Studios Donna Salazar Spring in Bloom 8x8 Paper Pad

White Cardstock
Prima Flower
Stencil from Rouge de Garance Diecut PP
Rouge de Garance PP
Bo Bunny Diecuts
AC Thickers
Kaiser Transparent Diecuts
Maya Road Trim
Buttons
Hand Crocheted Doily
Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
DMC Thread

Mediums used:

Clearsnap Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter - Mixed Berries
Clearsnap Glue Gloss
Jo Sonya Acrylic Paint - Titanium White
Tim Holtz Stains
Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Mallard, Sky Blue

Tools used:
Spellbinders Donna Salazar Rose Creations Die
Martha Stewart Punch - Cherish




Thanks for visiting, take care and